Rural Payments Wales has published its updated ‘When the inspector calls’ guidance for farmers preparing for an inspection.
Farm inspections take place on a sample number of farms each year to ensure that farmers are complying with the rules and regulations they are required to abide by, as a condition of receiving financial support or as a result of keeping livestock.
Acting upon the advice in the guide will help you prepare for Cross Compliance, Land Eligibility and agricultural support scheme inspections. It sets out clearly the actions you need to take before an inspector calls and explains what the inspector will do during the inspection.
In addition to guidance on how to prepare and what will happen during an inspection on your farm, for ease of reference copies of the farm records associated with Cross Compliance, and other schemes are included in the guide. Each record includes a worked-up example for your information. All the records are available online for farmers to maintain their own farm records.
The guide is available at:
https://www.gov.wales/farm-scheme-inspections-guide-farmers-2024-edition